Strikes

The drivers of the bus company I work for are talking about going out on strike over a pay dispute. I hate strikes and believe there are better ways. A strike only hurts the passengers and not the company. Personally I believe we should still turn up for work, only refuse to take money for trips. This way passengers still get a service and the company loses money.

It is always the public who lose out on strikes. Bus passengers are usually the lower end of the social ladder, pensioners, low paid workers. school kids and the unemployed. As a skinhead I am usually at the lower end myself and know what a bus or train strike can do to the unemployed, pensioners etc. Like many skinheads, our working class roots are there for all to see and public transport is usually our only way to get around, so why hurt our fellow workers and brothers.

I say no to striking and yes to free travel until the company cough up or lock us out, then its a whole new ball game.